Morris JacksonInducted 2020 Being fleet of foot isn’t for the lonely. When you arrive at the finish line, there’s no one else there, except one person holding a stopwatch. One of the fastest sprinters on the planet, Morris Jackson knows well the feeling. But he would...
Gary FranklinInducted 2020 The shine had not yet faded from the sparkling brand new Ware County High School (the consolidated school that opened in the mid-1990s merging the old Waycross High and Ware High) when Coach E.B. Price’s basketball team christened its...
Curtis BrysonInducted 2020 It’s hard to achieve all-state status as a Georgia high school athlete – always has been and probably always will be. There is little room at the top, as they say, and it is reserved for the best of the best. One Wacona sports legend...
Gary GriffinBeacon of Light Award 2022 The award was established by the SHOF Board of Directors to honor a local individual who emulated the traits of the late Rev. F.J. Beverly who served this community as a minister of the Gospel. The Rev. Beverly also served the...
Willie Character Beacon of Light Award 2020 Nice guys don’t always finish last. Willie Character, one of the nicest guys in the history of Waycross, is living proof of that. The lifelong music teacher and community civic servant who has banked a long line of good...
